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Trouble is, if R5 was cheaper that would fill that gap. Small cars, low (relative to WRC) power and a bit of simplicity built into the rules. But it would also need WRC to be much more than it is nowadays. Bigger cars, bigger engines and more variety.

If someone were to make a 'watered-down' version of R5 could it be made cheap enough? I mean if a manufacturer made an R5 car that wasn't to the same level as the rest but cheap and reliable, they could make a whole fleet of them for a one- make championship below they R5 class.

Here in South America I think that the Maxi Rally solution is good, considering the economic situation we have here, in which bringing things from outside is really expensive (Brazil and Argentina is like that).

They use the same engine, transmission and diffs for all cars, only the chassis and suspensions are free. In that way, they have a cheaper option for a 4wd car, and some more manufactures can support teams.

Here in South America I think that the Maxi Rally solution is good, considering the economic situation we have here, in which bringing things from outside is really expensive (Brazil and Argentina is like that).

They use the same engine, transmission and diffs for all cars, only the chassis and suspensions are free. In that way, they have a cheaper option for a 4wd car, and some more manufactures can support teams.

During last Rally argentina, I read an interview of the ingeneer working on MR that FIA was looking to adopt it to new N4 categories (maybe with some change).But since, nothing new ...

For me, FIA just think to let people homologate the car they want in N4 category (with technical rules of course), as it's for RGT now. N4 are important in a lot of country. It's a good market for teams like Prodrive f.e. to develop a car. But today you need the agreement of the manufacturer ... and most of them don't care about N4, R3, R2, R1 ...

Here in Brazil the XRC uses a Chevrolet V6 engine, but the idea was the same as the Argentinean Maxi Rally cars. But here, drivers still think it's expensive and, besides that, there are still some reliability issues.

I heard that the Baratec team was working on a project to use a 1, 6 liter, turbocharged engine on the Maxi Rally car, and that would make easier to get a Fia homologation. Don't know how far the project is right now...